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PAPER TOY AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8.1919.

1,347,042. P e d July 20,1220.

a SHEETS-SHEE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY HUBNER, F BLOOMINGDALE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUIS J. LICHTENBERGER, NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER-TOY AMUSEMENT DEVICE' I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed July 8. 1919. Serial No. 309.267.

. tain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Toy Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to amusement devices, and aims to provide a novel and amusing to; comprising out out figures positioned in front of a background and having movable portions, such as heads and arms, in connection with a. propeller and an operative mounting therefor and connection with said movable parts, whereby the devicein being placed over a stove,

' radiator, lamp, or in any'other place where the heat establishes a circulation of air, or there is a circulation of air'for any other reason, the propeller is rotated for oscillating or moving the movable parts of the figures, whereby they give a life-like action to the amusement of the onlookers.

' A further object'is the provision of such a device including the back-ground, propeller and figures, whichcan be printed on a "sheet, so as to be out therefrom, and a base and means formounting said back-ground and figures on the-base to distribute the figures in different positions in front of the back-ground.

'inafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the "scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention 'is illustrated in' the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a front view of the amusement device. 1

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear view, a portion of the post being broken away.

Fig. 4 is an end view.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of'the sheet on which the bacl'r-ground, propeller and figures are printed to be out therefrom.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a suitable base 1 of wood or other suitable material, on which is mounted a card or back-ground 2 in an upright position in a vertical plane, and having printed or otherwise provided on its forward side a suitable view or picture to provide an appropriate back-ground for the figures. This back-ground 2 has its lower edge secured to the forward side of a longitudinal cleat 3 securedon the base, and nails, tacks, glue or'other means can be used for securing the parts together.

A group of figures 4 is provided on the base in front of the back-ground. and various figures can beused. These figures are of paper or cardboard and are cut-outs, being cut from a blank or sheet of paper. The figures are arranged in suitable positions in front of the back-ground, and are secured in place by having the lower por- 'tions thereof pasted or otherwise secured to the forward sides of cleats or blocks 5 secured on the base in the desired positions.

The figures can thus be arranged at different points in front of the background in order that the group of figures will harmonize. The figures 1- are provided with movable parts 7, which may be arms, heads,or the like, of the figures, which when moved or oscillated will give the figures a life-like action. The figures 4 are maintained in upright or vertical. position by means of stays 6 in rear of the figures and either connecting the figures with a figure in rear or the background. These stavs 6 are pieces of paper or card board having their end portions bent at an angle and pasted to the figures and back-ground, thereby prevent- .ing the figures from bendmg forwardly or 'rearvvardly.

The means for mounting and moving the parts 7 of the figures includes rock shafts 8, preferably bent from wire, extending forwardly through the back-ground and the respective figures, at suitable points there of, so that said back-ground and figures provide bearings for said shafts, and the forward ends of said shafts are bent at an angle, as at. 9, and pasted or otherwise secured to the rear sides of the parts 7, such as by pasting pieces of paper to the parts 7 over said ends 9, as at 10. The rear ends of the shafts'or wires 8 are bent at an angle to provide arms 11 in rear of the background, and some of the arms 11 extend downwardly, while the others extend. upwardly, as seen in Fig. 3.

A vertical crank shaft 12, bent from wire, is disposed above the base in rear of the back-ground near one end thereof, being journaled through apertures in pieces or strips of sheet metal,as designated at 13, which are secured by tacks, or the like, to a post 14% secured to the base at its'rear edge in rear of the shaft 12. A piece 13 of sheet metal is secured on the base under said shaft, on which the lower end of said shaft seats to provide a pivot bearing to support said shaft for rotation on the base within the bearing pieces 13. A propeller 16, comprising a circular piece of paper or card board, is mounted on the upper end of the shaft 12, said Jropeller having the blades or vanes 15 cut t erefrom and bent downwardly at an angle, and the central or hub portion of the propeller is pasted or otherwise secured on a hub 17 of cork or other suitable material, and said cork hub 17 is pushed down 'on the upper end of the shaft 12 to connect the propeller to said shaft. This propeller will be rotated by the upward circulation of heated air, or will be rotated when the device is placed at a point where there is a circulation of air for any reason whatever, and the device may be placed over a stove, radiator, lamp, or other source of heated air, whereby the heated air in rising through the propeller, will rotate same. The propeller thus serves to operate the device, and it projects over the back-ground so as "to overhang the group'of figures and, in rotating, adds to the attractiveness of the device when in operation.

The shaft 12 is provided in rear of the back-ground with vertically spaced cranks 18 projecting in opposite directions, and one crank is connected by "a link 19 with one of the upwardly extending arms 11,-while the other crank 18 is connected by 'a similar link 19 with one of the downwardly extending arms 11 Pieces 20 of wood or other material are provided on the cranks 18 to support the links 19 and prevent them from slidin downwa'rdl off of the cranks and a: y a

those arms 11 with which the links 19 are connected, are connected with the companat the ends thereof, thus affording simple and convenient means for connecting the parts together. The connecting rods or links 19, and links 21, as well as the shafts 8 and 12 are readily bent from wire. The links 21 connect the upwardly and downwardly extending arms 11 in pairs, and each pair of arms is connected by the corresponding connecting rod or link 19 with one crank 18 of the propeller shaft 12.

A stay 23 of wood or other suitable material connects the post 14 and back-ground whereby the back-ground 2 is held in upright posit-ion from the post 14 which is rigid.

The figures 4, movable parts 7 thereof, and back-ground 2 are printed on a sheet or blank, as seen in Fig. 5, and sold or distributed in this way, and various designs can thus be provided, so that the children can cut out the figures and other parts, with which instructions are furnished, and also the other parts, such as the base 1, post 1 1, wire and other su iplies. Amusement and constructive education is thus furnished in cutting out the figures, back-ground, propeller and other parts, and then mounting them on the base by means of the cleats 3 and 5 which can be arranged to different positions, after which the wire is cut and bent and the other parts completed. The same supplies, such as the wooden parts and wire can be used for different sheets of figures, thus enabling various groups of figures to be arranged in front of the background.

Having thus. described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An amusement device embodying a base, a background on the base, supporting means on the base at different positions longitudinally of the background and at different distances therefrom, a group of independent cut-out figures in front of the background supported by said means in a predetermined relation, stays connecting said figures to the background to hold them upright, rock shafts journaled through said background and figures, movable parts for said figures carried by said shafts, a vertical crank shaft in rear of the background, a propeller mounted on said crank shaft above the background, and van operative connection between said shafts in rear of the background. 1 V

2. An amusement device embodying a base, a back-ground thereon, a group of independent figures in front of the background, means for securing said background and figures individually on the base at different positions, a post carried by the base in rear of the back-ground, a stay connecting the back-ground and post, stays connecting said figures with the background, rock shafts journaled through said mounted on the upper end of the vertical back-ground and figures, movable parts for shaft, and links connecting said arms with the figures carried by said rock shafts, said one another and with said cranks. 10 rock shafts having arms at their rear ends, In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hearing pieces carried by said post, a vertihand.

cal shaft journaled through said'bearing pieces and having cranks, a propeller ANTHONY HUBNER. 

